Regular Birding Events

This page lists a number of open birding events (mostly birdwalks) that recur every week or month in different parts of India. Please note that this information is shown as provided by the organisers of these events; do verify for yourself before joining.

If you wish to add your event, please send the following details to us at [email protected]:
City/Town. If organized by a group, its name. Frequency (weekly, monthly, occasional). Contact person(s) and contact detail. Any additional information, for example meeting point and time, if this is constant; and a link to the event or the organising group

Here is some advice for those organising bird walks: Conducting Bird Walks: the Basics.

Assam

• Occasional walks in Kaziaranga. Contact Rofikul Islam  8133964461

Arunachal Pradesh

Seijosa

• Occasional bird walks in Pakke Tiger Reserve, Seijosa, Tippi. Contact: Saniya  9632341113

Ziro

• Ziro Bird Walk (ZBW); Weekly bird walks in Hapoli Township. Contact: Koj Mama 8575248013

Chhattisgarh

Jagdalpur

• CROW Foundation. Sunday Bird walks. Meeting location and time varies. Contact: Prateek Mandal- 7989118743) and Ameet Mandavia-  7000272220;  Email: [email protected]

Bilaspur

Occasional Bird walks in wetland and forest habitats. Contact: Fergus Mark Anthony- 7415339670

Delhi

• Delhibird. Weekly bird walks on Sundays. Contact: Nikhil Devasar   Email: [email protected]
• Ninox-Owl About Nature; Regular bird walks on weekends. Contact: Abhishek Gulshan  Email: [email protected]>
• East Delhi Birders. Regular bird walks (mostly around Noida, Greater Noida, Dhanuri). Meeting points vary. Contact: Prasanna Gautam   Email: [email protected]
• Mid-week Birder. Weekday bird walks in Delhi NCR. Meeting location and time varies. Contact: Narender Khaira (aka Newton)- 9810704331;   Email: [email protected]

Goa

• Goa Bird Conservation Network (GBCN). Bird walks on the first Sunday of every month. Meeting location and time varies. Contact: Mandar Bhagat- 9822168887, Omkar Dharwadkar- 9049911877   Email: [email protected]

Gujarat

Vadodra

• Monthly bird walks conducted by Gujarat Bird Walk. Contact: Venus Joshi- 9727752817

Rajkot

• Weekly bird walks in Garida Village, Wankaner. Contact: Ramde Bhatiya- 9726122842

Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)

Jammu

• J&K Birdlife. Bird walks on almost all weekends and holidays. Locations vary. Contact: Parvez Shagoo- 9797290608  Email: [email protected]

Srinagar

•  Kashmir University. Occasional walks in Badaamwari. Contact: Ovee Thorat- 9916001857 

Karnataka

Bengaluru (Bangalore)

• Bngbirds conducts walks every Sunday as follows: 1st Sunday, East Bangalore, 2nd Sunday, Lalbagh, 3rd Sunday, North Bangalore, 4th Sunday, with prior registration, Valley School. Contact: Ulhas Anand- 9845171063 Email: [email protected]
• DMW. Weekends walks to different locations. Contact: Deepa Mohan Email: [email protected]
• Sunday bird walks at Puttenahalli Kere (North Blr), 7.30 to 8.30am, by volunteers of the Yelahanka/Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust, Contact: Dr V Selvarajan- 94808 97490
• Occasional Birdwalks. Contact: Aniruddh Arun- 8296210406
• GKVK Birding Group. Weekly and weekend bird walks at GKVK Campus. Contact: Praveen L Bennur- 8123746620
• All Women Nature Walks. Once a month bird and nature walks for those who identify as women. Beginners are highly encouraged. Contact: Mittal Gala / Misha Bansal at [email protected]

Manipal

• Manipal Birders’ Club. Weekly bird walk on Sundays. Contact: Rahul Narlanka Email: [email protected]

Mysuru (Mysore)

• Aranya Outreach (on Facebook). Monthly bird walks. Meeting location and time varies. Contact: Kiran Bagade- 9916340451); Saptha Girish- 9900105195
• Mysore Nature Club. Occasional bird walks. Meeting location and time varies. Contact: Shivaprakash A- 9480191661
• Monthly birdwayching walks at Kukkarahalli Kere. Announcement through local newspapers and Facebook. Contact: Tanuja- 9480566516

Coorg

• Weekly walks near Montrose estate. Contact Divya Shree A- 9740301185. Instagram: @t.h.e_l.o.n.e_w.o.l.f_

Kerala

Kasargod

• Kasaragod Birders. Weekly bird walks in Peralathvayal (Pullur Village, Near Kanhangad). Contact: Shyamkumar P- 9895404502.

Kollam

• Kollam Birding Battalion. Bird walks are organized in and around Kollam on last Sunday of every month. Contact: Jishnu R- 9447150300

Ladakh

Leh

• Monthly walks in Leh. Contact: Stanzin Padma- 9622998742

Indus Belt

• Weekly walks in the Indus belt of Ladakh. Contact: Ladakh Bird Club/ Lobzang Visuddha- 9419862542

Madhya Pradesh

Indore

• Weekly walks in Indore city and surrounding areas. Contact: Amod Gawarikar- 9753161213

Maharashtra

Bhusawal

• Occasional bird walks around Bhusawal Thermal Power Station and nearby hotspot (eg Hatnur). Location and meeting times vary. Contact: Lakshmikant Neve- 8149659353 /7588740661. Email: [email protected], [email protected]. (Past events can be viewed on Facebook).

Jalgaon

• Chaatak Nature Conservation Society. Weekly bird walks conducted at Hatnur Dam Reservoir. Contact: Anil Mahajan- 8806198040
• Weekly walks in Chopda. Contact: Hemraj Punamchand Patil- 9922085434/ 9373804737; Email: [email protected]
• Nisarga Mitra. Occasional walks in wetlands, cultivation  and swamp areas. Contact Shilpa Gadgil and Rajendra Gadgil- 9423973115

Kolhapur

Weekly Birdwalks (Usually Sundays) conducted in and around Kolhapur but members of ‘Birds of Kolhapur’. Location and meeting times vary. Contact: Pranav Desai : +91 9834879605; Abhishek Shirke : +91 8180096686; Prithviraj Sarnobat : +91 9325095454 (Follow Birds of Kolhapur on Facebook and Instagram)

Mumbai

• Mumbai Birdwatchers’ Club (MBC on Facebook). Occasional bird walks. Location and meeting times vary. Contact: MBC Email: [email protected].
• Occasional walks in birding areas in Mumbai. Contact Dipti Humraskar- 9869273347. Instagram: @little_eduventures
• Weekly walks by BNHS. Details at: www.bnhs.org/nature-trails

Thane

• Jungle Buddies. Monthly bird walks on a Sunday. Location and meeting times vary. Contact: Prathamesh Desai- 9821455643

Pune

Rupa Rahul Bajaj Centre for Environment and art. (RRBCEA). Monthly bird walks at Empress Botanical Garden. Contact: Vedanti Mahimkar- 9923306903

 Avian Allies. Occasional Bird walks in and around CHRIST Deemed to be University, Pune Lavasa Campus. Contact:: Elizabeth Varkey- 9810674756. Email: avianallies.lavasa@christuniversity.in

Wardha

• Bahar Nature Foundation. Occasional bird walks. Contact: Dilip Virkhade- 7775883861; Kishore Wankhade- 9881488756.

Nagpur

• Save Ecosystem and Tiger. Weekly bird walks. Contact: Tejas Parshionikar- 9552629853

Sangli

• Bird Song. Weekly bird walks in areas in and around Sangli city. Contact:  Contact: Sharad Dutt Apte- 9890384400.

Odisha

Bhubaneswar

• The Bhubaneswar Bird Walks. Occasional weekend bird walks. Email: [email protected]
• Weekly Walks at Nandankanan Zoo and  State Botanical Garden. Contact: Milan Panda (Education Officer)- 9438918584  

Rajasthan

Jaipur

• Weekly Birdwalks in Jaipur from 6- 7 am.  Meeting Point -Jawahar Circle, Patrika Gate, JLN Marg Jaipur. Contact: Arun Nair- 9829635003

Sikkim

• Yangsum village homestay. Occasional Walks. Contact: Ukila Bhutia- 85987642855
• Sikkim Birds Tours & Travels: Monthly bird walk across the state. Contact: Dibyendu Ash – 7003389381, Rozan Dhungel – 6294092822, Nisha Dhungel – 9382083201 Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore

• Coimbatore Nature Society. Weekly bird walk on Sundays. Contact: Selvaraj P R- 9842261279; Satish K- 9442341404; Prakash G- 9840092602

Hosur & Melagiri

• Melagiri Birding (KANS). Monthly bird walks on a Sunday. Location and meeting times vary. Contact: Surya Raghavendar V- 9443882207

Salem

• Salem Ornithological Foundation (SOF). Weekly walks in Salem. Registration Form – https://bit.ly/SOF_Bird_Walks. (Week 1 – Kottanathan Tank; Week 2 – Poolavari Tank; Week 3 – Kannankurichi Mookaneri Tank and Week 4 – Kannankurichi Pudhu Eri). Contact: Angeline Mano M- 7598457496 Email: [email protected]/ [email protected]

Chennai

• Suzhal Arivom. Nature walks along with birdwatching three weeks once in Chennai, monthly once in Tirupur and Kanyakumari. Random events in Erode. Details updated here

Telangana

Hyderabad

• Hyderabad Birding Pals (on Facebook, Telegram, Twitter, Instagram) weekly bird walk on Sundays. Email: [email protected]

Uttarakhand

Dehradun

• Doon Nature Walks (web). Monthly walks. Location and time varies. Contact: Sanjay Sondhi, Titli Trust- 9412052189 Email: [email protected]; Raman Kumar, Nature Science Initiative- 9412348345 Email: [email protected]

Najibabad

• Weekly Bird walks in Najibabad, Jhilmil Jheel, Kotdwar, Haripura Jalashay. Contact: Vrinda Bajaj- 7505670198 or Instagram: @Bajaj_Vrinda

Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow

• IIM Lucknow Campus and surroundings. Weekly walks. Contact: Debankur Saha- 89813 34946. Instagram: naturewalk_iiml

Varanasi

• Weekly walks in BHU campus and ghats of varanasi. Contact: Pallavi Arora-  8650206807; Bharat Ji Mehrotra- 9565292425

West Bengal

Kolkata

• Sundaywatch. Weekly walks (every Sunday). Location: Kolkata and adjoining areas in South Bengal. Contact: Shubhankar Patra- 9874635600
• Birdwatcher’s Society. Monthly Walks. Contact: Sujan Chatterjee: 8910516306 (WhatsApp Only). Email: [email protected].

Siliguri

• Mornings only birdwalks in Mahananda, Darjiling, Gajoldoba, Latpanchar. Contact: Arvind Yadav- 9669192192

Banner Image Photo Credits: Vasai Birds, Tomal Gogoi, Rofikul Islam, Harsh Singhal, Arun Prabhu, Renjith Jose,
Shilpa Gadgil, Aparanjani Yadavalli and Sipu Kumar